morus

See also: Morus and Mórus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.rus/, [ˈmoːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.rus/, [ˈmɔːrus]

Etymology 1

From mōrum (“mulberry fruit”) or Ancient Greek μορέᾱ (moréā, “mulberry tree”).

Noun

mōrus f (genitive mōrī); second declension

1. the black mulberry tree

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mōrus	mōrī
Genitive	mōrī	mōrōrum
Dative	mōrō	mōrīs
Accusative	mōrum	mōrōs
Ablative	mōrō	mōrīs
Vocative	mōre	mōrī

Derived terms

• mōrulus

Descendants

• French: mûre
• Italian: moro
• North Italian:
  • Romagnol: mór
• Romanian: mur
• Spanish: moro
• → English: morula
• → Polish: morwa
  • → Ukrainian: мо́рва (mórva)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: му̑рва

  Latin script: mȗrva

• → Proto-West Germanic: *mōrubaʀi (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós).

Adjective

mōrus (feminine mōra, neuter mōrum); first/second-declension adjective

1. foolish, silly, pixilated

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mōrus	mōra	mōrum		mōrī	mōrae	mōra
Genitive	mōrī	mōrae	mōrī		mōrōrum	mōrārum	mōrōrum
Dative	mōrō		mōrō		mōrīs
Accusative	mōrum	mōram	mōrum		mōrōs	mōrās	mōra
Ablative	mōrō	mōrā	mōrō		mōrīs
Vocative	mōre	mōra	mōrum		mōrī	mōrae	mōra

Derived terms

• mōrē
• mōror
• mōrio
• mōrōsus

References

• “morus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “morus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• morus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• morus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to die at a good old age: exacta aetate mori
    
  • (ambiguous) to starve oneself to death: inediā mori or vitam finire
    
  • (ambiguous) to die a natural death: necessaria (opp. voluntaria) morte mori
    
  • (ambiguous) to die of wounds: ex vulnere mori (Fam. 10. 33)
    

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.rus/

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.rus/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔrus
• Syllabification: mo‧rus

Etymology 1

Clipping of morowiec + -us.

Noun

morus m pers

1. (colloquial) good egg, good sort, mensch (person of strength, integrity and compassion)

   Synonyms: równiacha, równiak, równy gość, swój chłop

2. (colloquial, rare) brick, dodger, slyboots

   Synonyms: morowiec, spryciarz, zuch

Declension

Declension of morus

	singular	plural
nominative	morus	morusy
genitive	morusa	morusów
dative	morusowi	morusom
accusative	morusa	morusów
instrumental	morusem	morusami
locative	morusie	morusach
vocative	morusie	morusy

Related terms

adjective

• morowy

 

noun

• mór

 

Etymology 2

From German Mohr +‎ -us, from Latin Maurus, from Ancient Greek Μαῦρος (Maûros). Doublet of Maur, murzyn, and Murzyn.

Noun

morus m pers (diminutive morusek)

1. (colloquial or dialectal, Far Masovian) slob, sloven

   Synonyms: brudas, smoluch

Derived terms

verb

• morusać impf

 

Further reading

• morus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• morus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “morus”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 114